Looking for some advice. I was recently up at my dads for dinner (my parents are divorced). We were talking about me getting my own place to live and my dad said it would give me my own freedom and would mean I could have over a girl or a boy whenever I liked. Why wouldn't he just say have friends over? I haven't let on that I'm interested in guys, does he know something? Or am I just being paranoid?
Trust me, parents always know You might've not realised it, but I think he knows. There's always that chance he doesnt, though.. I would assume he does.
Either he knows, in which case your dad is Batman, or he means having a guy over as in "LADS NIGHT IN!" with it's talk of sports, sports and more sports. I wouldn't read that much into it.
Sounds like he suspects something, but you could always give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he was talking about having a Super Bowl party. Then again, who would have a Super Bowl party with just one guy over... I think he knows. Sorry. =\
He knows, and he's trying to communicate to you that he's OK with it. Obviously "having a friend over" and "having a girl over" (for a straight guy) imply very different things and he knows that... As Maea96 said, parents usually know... and often, the more we try to hide it, the more obvious it becomes.
Either it's some kind of postmodern parenting method to acknowledge that even many "hetero" people mess around with the same sex, or far more likely he already knows. I can't think of another reason to put it like that. You could take the opportunity to tell him.
He could be talking about poker night or sports night with the guys. However I think he was trying to give a hint that he knows.
I appreciate all the responses thank you all. I'm thinking I'll just pretend he didn't say it lol I managed to get out of it by just smiling and saying yeah it'd be nice to be able have "people" over. Well if he is onto me then if anything it'll make it less of a shock to him if I do end up with a boyfriend
